This SBIR Phase I contract, awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Fibertek, Inc., a small business manufacturer, seeks to develop a modular optical ground station architecture capable of scaling to hundreds of gigabits per second (Gbps) data rates from lunar and near-Earth orbits. The objectives are to support NASA's deep space and near-Earth optical communications needs by developing key technologies to dramatically increase data volumes, while adhering to the Space Communications and...
The Department of the Air Force awarded a $329,000 firm fixed price purchase order to Comtech Satellite Network Technologies, Inc. to procure three high power amplifiers for use by the 527th Space Aggressor Squadron. The amplifiers must operate within 5.850 to 14.50 GHz, produce output powers of 325 Watts for C and Ku-band and 450 Watts for X-band, and comply with Military Standard 188-165A. There was no set-aside for this procurement. Comtech will deliver the three amplifiers under the 60-day...
This is a federal contract award by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Teledyne Scientific And Imaging LLC, a subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, for the design, development, and demonstration of an ultra-broadband radio that can dynamically adjust carrier frequency, output power, and data rate above 100 GHz. The $5,724,769.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract has an ultimate completion date of November 22, 2027. There is no set-aside designation for this contract. The contract...
This federal contract was awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to BAE Systems Information & Electronic Systems Integration Inc., a subsidiary of the global defense and aerospace company BAE Systems PLC. The $8,352,052 contract seeks to develop field-programmable, adaptable, and waveform-agnostic integrated radio frequency (RF) front-ends and associated design tools for next-generation military cognitive communications, radar, and electronic warfare platforms. It...
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded a $599,711 firm-fixed-price definitive contract to Nuvotronics, Inc., a manufacturer of high-frequency electronic products, for the development of an E-band transceiver for high-bandwidth communications. The contract has a completion date of February 28, 2018 and does not have a set-aside designation. Nuvotronics, Inc. has previously provided technical services, engineering services, prototypes, and electronic components to prime...
This is a $149,941 firm-fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Bridge 12 Technologies, Inc., a small business manufacturer of terahertz and microwave technology. The contract is for the development of "Innovative TWTs for VW Band Communications", which refers to the design and prototyping of traveling wave tube (TWT) amplifiers for communications in the very wideband (VW) frequency range. This...
The Air Force Materiel Command Air Force Sustainment Center awarded Teledevices LLC a $3.77 million firm fixed price delivery order against the Advanced Technology Support Program IV - Small Business (ATSP4 SB) indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract. Under the order, Teledevices will design, build, test and deliver an improved TADIL-A modem to address obsolescence issues. The purpose is to redesign the TADIL-A modem, which is a critical component supporting the Air Force's tactical...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $1.435 million other transaction agreement to Genxcomm Inc. of Austin, Texas. The contract is for the development of photonics enabled simultaneous transmit and receive capabilities for high bandwidth electronic warfare systems under the STAR POWER program. Performance will take place in Austin through December 2022. The Research Laboratory seeks technologies to advance electronic attack and protection capabilities....
Teletronics Technology Corporation, a subsidiary of Curtiss-Wright Corporation, has been awarded a $4.8 million firm fixed price delivery order by the Department of the Air Force to provide a high speed data acquisition system. The contract was issued under an unspecified multiple award contract vehicle and calls for Teletronics to deliver its product to a location in Newtown, Pennsylvania over an approximately 8-month period of performance concluding in April 2022. No subcontractors or set...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $1.2 million delivery order to Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions Inc. under the Advanced Technology Support Program IV indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract vehicle. Cobham will conduct high speed antenna design, laboratory prototype fabrication, and testing to support beyond-line-of-sight communications technologies applicable to naval strike operations against combatant ships and land targets....